Naomi Osaka headlines as Pan Pacific Open returns after Covid
TOKYO: Home favourite Naomi Osaka will defend her title at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo next month, organisers said on Friday, as the tournament...
China’s navy begins to erase imaginary Taiwan Strait median line
TAIPEI: For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the peace but the...
North Korea says fever cases in locked-down province were flu
SEOUL: North Korea said today it had confirmed that cases of unknown fever reported near its border with China were patients with the flu, state...
YouTube is the platform most used for podcasts in the US
SAN FRANCISCO: Between social networks and music streaming services, users have a host of options for listening to their favourite podcasts online. And yet, according...
Intel, Brookfield to invest up to $30 billion in Arizona chip factories
Intel Corp and Canada's Brookfield Asset Management on Tuesday agreed to jointly fund up to $30 billion for the U.S. chipmaker's leading-edge chip factories in...
House of the Dragon director defends disturbing childbirth scene in Episode 1: ‘It was an extremely violent part of life in medieval times…’
House of the Dragon is based on the book, Fire & Blood by George RR Martin. It is set 172 years prior to the events...
Kyiv vows to restore Ukrainian rule in Russia-annexed Crimea
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed today to restore Ukrainian rule over Russia-annexed Crimea, a move that he said would help re-establish “world law and...
Twitter’s former security head alleges company misled regulators about security, bots, say reports
NEW YORK: Twitter Inc misled federal regulators about its security defences and spam accounts, CNN and the Washington Post reported today, citing whistleblower disclosures...
Death toll in Austria storms rises to five
VIENNA: Five people, including two children, died in Thursday as storms wreaked havoc in Austria, according to the country’s news agency and officials. Three people...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets in spat with heckler
BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got into an altercation Thursday with a social media personality who questioned and insulted him, grabbing the man by the...